SecurityRatty: Key Congressional Committee Strongly Criticizes Efforts to Mitigate Electric Grid Cyber Security Vulnerabilities

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Key Congressional Committee Strongly Criticizes Efforts to Mitigate Electric Grid Cyber Security Vulnerabilities

2008-05-21 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast

Today's hearing on the security of the United States' critical infrastructure was as spirited of a Congressional hearing on cyber security issues that I have seen during my career, and it's clear that key Members of Congress from both political parties are running out of patience and want to see immediately cyber vulnerabilities taken more seriously in the bulk power industry in particular. In a scathing opening statement, U.S. Representative Jim Langevin (D-RI), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science & Technology, said that "I think we could search far and wide and not find a more disorganized, ineffective response to an issue of national security."...